I want to like Sinclair Ross, but an entire book of short stories by him has only cemented the realization that all of his writing is the same. The first story was good, the second alright, but by the third and onward it's all repetition: farm life is hard, farm life is really hard, women aren't steadfast, horses are pretty, farm life is hard. I ( Read more... )

The Vellum by Hal Duncan? My 2006 NaNo and Three Keys, minus the fandom. Holy crap. :/ How is it that everything I think up that seems somewhat interesting suddenly pops up, and is fifty million times better than anything I can actually write ( Read more... )

Father has gone down to LI again.
Presentation in two hours.
Tired and nauseous with nervousness

Really, really want to read my Charles de Lint, but will restrain myself until I have finished rereading The Dragon Quartet. WILL. That one short story yesterday doesn't count. Err ( Read more... )